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Runway project underway at Reno-Tahoe Airport

The latest airport improvement project — $16 million dollars worth — is now underway though it’s unlikely any of the arriving or departing passengers noticed unless the had a window seat and happened to glance out the window at the east runway. The shorter of the two parallel north-south runways, Runway 16L is currently closed
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University Park Airport awarded $1.8M for equipment

University Park Airport is set to receive $1.83 million through the FAA’s Airport Improvement Program to upgrade the airport’s snow removal equipment. Ninety percent of the FAA grant will cover the replacement of the equipment with the remaining 10 percent being split between funds from the airport’s passenger facility charge and a grant from PennDOT’s
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$21.4M awarded to Detroit Metro Airport for reconstruction

Detroit Metro Airport received $21.4 million from the latest installments of grants from the Federal Aviation Administration’s Airport Improvement Program. The grant will support runway reconstruction at the airport. Detroit Metro is currently undergoing a $256 million reconstruction of a 70-year old departure runway.
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Five N.Y. airports set to receive $12.3M in FAA grants

The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded five N.Y. airports a total of $12.3 million in grants for infrastructure improvements. Among the grants, Rochester will receive $5.8 million, which will go towards runway rehabilitation, lighting construction and guidance sign replacements.
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S.D. airports receive $19.64M in federal grants

Seventeen South Dakota airports will receive a combined $19.64 million in grants from the Federal Aviation Administration’s Airport Improvement Program. Sioux Falls Regional Airport will use its $7.92 million share of the funds to expand and rehabilitate an apron, purchase a new aircraft deicing pad and increase aircraft parking capacity.
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Rapid City airport awarded $4.5 million in federal funding

Approximately $3.7 million of the funds will go toward the renovation of the terminal, according to airport documents. … Renovations will include the replacement of an elevator Dame said is original to the building and the relocation of an escalator to the center of the terminal. Dame said these projects and others — such as
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